Tag: historian
Russia’s war of aggression overshadows Estonia’s independence day – “Fear must not be paralysed,†says a young historian | Foreign countries
TALLINN In a Finnish school in Tallinn, this week, a thief was admitted on the day of Estonia’s independence. The actual holiday is on Saturday. Wednesday started with the raising…
Historian Bart Gielen about fan violence at sports matches: ‘Timeless’
“Horse racing was considered the Formula 1 of antiquity, a great popular festival,” says historian Bart Gielen. “In Rome you had the famous Circus Maximus, a gigantic racecourse in which…
Michel Pastoureau, passionate and fascinating historian
Michel Pastoureau, born in 1947, historian of Western symbolism, is known worldwide for his work on the history of colors in the West. He has published in particular in Seuil,…
Charles-Eloi Vial, the young historian who wants to revolutionize the genre – L’Express
The world has changed since 1953. That year, André Castelot published a biography of Marie-Antoinette with Perrin. His copyright allowed him to buy a large apartment on Avenue Foch –…
“2024 will be a critical moment for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict,” analyzes historian Guillaume Lasconjarias
A Russian ship damaged in the Black Sea, massive Russian bombings which remind the inhabitants of several Ukrainian cities rather spared from the conflict in recent months that the country…
Confessional statement from Israeli historian: Zionism has failed
Israeli historian Moshe Zimmermann stated that Hamas’s “Aqsa Flood” attack on Israel on October 7 revealed the failure of Israel’s Zionism ideology. Zimmermann evaluated the consequences of the Al-Aqsa Flood…
Olivier Wieviorka, French historian and specialist in the Second World War
Pierre-Édouard Deldique receives historian Olivier Wieviorka in Idées. He is also a professor at the École Normale Supérieure of Paris-Saclay and a member of the Institut universitaire de France. and…
Jacques Julliard, historian and figure of the French left, died at the age of 90
The historian and left-winger Jacques Julliard has died at the age of 90. Pillar of New Observer alongside Jean Daniel, he became an editorialist for the weekly Mariannein 2010, then…
The historian on the sensitive Österlen question: “Like Coca-cola”
Where is the border for Österlen – really? The seemingly innocent question often arouses heated feelings among the locals. – But I’m quite generous, says historian and Easterner Lena Alebo.…
Michel Pastoureau, passionate and fascinating historian
Michel Pastoureau, born in 1947, historian of Western symbolism is known worldwide for his work on the history of colors in the West, he published in particular at Seuil, in…